Catawba County · North Carolina
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Hickory, NC
Hickory built its name on furniture and now makes much of the world's fiber optic cable. Its neighborhoods follow that history, from early twentieth-century houses in the Oakwood and Kenworth districts to postwar brick ranches and newer homes along Lake Hickory.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Hickory
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Hickory. Call or text the address, the panel count and what is going on, and you get a straight answer: what the job needs, roughly what it costs, and whether we can take it on or who should.
On the ground in Hickory
Permits, power and roofs in Hickory
Zoning for a Hickory address sits with the city, while building inspections across Catawba County generally run through the county's permit center in Newton, and a solar reinstall usually needs an electrical inspection. Unlike Newton and Maiden next door, Hickory has no city-owned electric system, and Duke Energy Carolinas serves nearly all of it. Historic districts such as Oakwood, Kenworth and Claremont have houses with steep roofs over board decking, while postwar subdivisions have low-slope brick ranches that were often re-roofed over an older layer. Lake Hickory, formed in 1927 behind Oxford Dam, wraps the north side of town with shoreline homes under heavy tree cover. Hail, tornadoes and ice storms all appear in Hickory's weather record, and hail is the one most likely to force a re-roof.
In Oakwood, Kenworth and the streets near Lenoir-Rhyne University, the usual request is a re-roof on an older house with a small array that has to come off and return to the same planes. Along Lake Hickory it is lake homes losing output to grown trees, and across Viewmont and the newer subdivisions it is hail claims and systems from installers that closed.
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FAQ
Hickory: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Hickory?
Often, yes, when it is planned. Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so North Carolina work is booked ahead and grouped with other jobs in Foothills, and it only goes ahead with the North Carolina license the work needs. Send the address, the panel count and the roofer's tear-off date for a straight answer.
Who is allowed to work on solar panels in North Carolina?
In North Carolina, a solar job of any size has to be contracted and permitted by a contractor licensed by the State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors: a limited, intermediate or unlimited electrical license, or the special restricted single-family dwelling license for work on a detached house. A general contractor may work under that electrician, and there is no separate solar license.
Who reconnects the system in Hickory?
Homes in Hickory are generally served by Duke Energy Carolinas. When an array goes back on after a roof job the utility usually needs to know, and the building department normally inspects the reinstall before the system is switched back on.
My installer went out of business. Can the system still be fixed?
Usually. The installer's own workmanship warranty is gone, but the panels, inverter and optimizers carry manufacturer warranties that normally still apply, and a dead system is often one failed part rather than a worn-out array.
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The address, roughly how many panels, who installed them if you know, and what is happening. A photo of the array from the street and one of the inverter get you an accurate number fastest, and texting them is the quickest way to send them.
Solar help in Hickory
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.